Sunday, February 17, 2013

Day 7 for Clubbies. Day 3 for the Open Class.

An interesting day yesterday.
From an organisational point of view - not one of my proudest moments.
Chose to launch with a slight tailwind as expecting a wind change which didnt arrive.
Wont do that again:-)
Didnt give the pilots the Task B as early as I could have.

The Task B Out to the North East then to the South and back was an AAT of 2 hours 15min.
Some rocketed around, others had a struggle.
See the open Class results
http://www.soaringspot.com/msc2013/results/open/daily/day2.html

Club Class results
http://www.soaringspot.com/nzclub2013/results/club/daily/day6.html

Interesting that two gliders (XT & TK) ended up with a skinny glide back to the field and chose to land runway 22 with a tailwind while everyone else chose runway 06/04 in to wind. An interesting moment with two gliders on finals from opposite ends  of the airfield.

But we love our gliders and wouldnt want to see them damaged.













Some still having the odd technical problem. Whether it be getting SPOT's registered on the Taupo site, forgetting to switch them on....or even getting a scorable GPS trace out of the glider with the help of a lubricated boffin.

Todays task will be the 7th at this Nationals.  The last Nationals at Taupo only managed 6 scored days over the the entire contest. The weather synopsis says fine weather for the rest of the week.

Today has the fleet tasked to Kaingaroa, Pureora, Rotoaira, Pohipi and return for a 3 hour AAT.
279km point to point,  194km minimum, 369 km Maximum

The open class go a little bit further with their 3 hour AAT.
296km point to point
209km minimum 388 km maximum

And now its off to briefing




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